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Touch DNA
Not as Clean as You Wish: DNA Persistence and Transfer in a Laundry Scenario
Today’s blog is written by guest bloggers Margherita Andalò, Jasmine Nguyen, Brooke Sutton, Lauren Hernandez, Lev Voskoboinik, Mark Barash. Department of Immunology, Genet...
DNA Dead End? Protein Sequencing for Forensic Analysis
Today’s blog is written by Curt Hewitt, PhD, Signature Science, LLC. Read the full version in the November 2020 issue of The ISHI Report. Introduction A crime scene...
Casework Direct Kit as an Alternative Extraction Method to Improve Analysis of Touch DNA Samples
Touch DNA samples are increasingly collected at crime scenes and, although they contain little DNA, can result in an individual genetic profile, aiding in the interpretation o...
The Recovery of Human Touch DNA from Poached Rhinoceroses
In recent years, rhino poaching has increased dramatically in South Africa. This illegal activity is predominantly driven by the growing demand for rhino horn. Poaching cases ...
Improving Results from ‘Touch’ DNA Samples
As DNA technology has become more sensitive over the years, there has been an increase in the number of samples that laboratories are receiving with requests for DNA analysis ...